The Disaster Protection Program is a
program of the World Bank Group Finance, Competitiveness,
and Innovation Global Practice, financed by the UK
Department for International...
This review of the Croatia’s
Completion and Learning Review (CLR) of the World Bank
Group’s (WBG) Country Partnership Strategy (CPS)
covers the CPS period,...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 136266Date: April 17, 2019
Uganda's power sector structure is
among the most sophisticated in Sub-Saharan Africa, and
Uganda is one of only a handful of countries in the region
where tariffs are...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8820Date: April 17, 2019Author:
Godinho,Catrina ;
Eberhard,Anton Adriaan
Two successive waves of reform have
fundamentally altered the structure and organization of
Kenya's vibrant power sector, which boasts a tradition
of strong technical...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8819Date: April 16, 2019Author:
Godinho,Catrina ;
Eberhard,Anton Adriaan
Paraguay has made considerable economic
and social progress over the past fifteen years. The country
is blessed with a considerable endowment of natural
resources, vast...
This evaluation assesses the Bank
Group’s effectiveness and comparative advantage in fostering
regional integration during FY2003–17 and draws lessons that
can be used...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 135552Date: April 15, 2019
Using unique direct observations of
patient-provider interactions linked to patient exit
interviews and detailed household surveys, this paper
assesses the relationship...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8818Date: April 15, 2019Author:
Fink,Gunther ;
Kandpal,Eeshani ;
Shapira,Gil
This is a statement by H.E. Mohammaed A.
Aljaddan, Minister of Finance at the 99th meeting of the
Development Committee held on April 13, 2019. The global
economic outlook...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 136180Date: April 13, 2019
This is a statement by H.E. Sergei
Storchak, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian
Federation, at the 99th meeting of the Development Committee
held on April 13,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 136193Date: April 13, 2019
This independent review of the World
Bank Group’s Completion and Learning Review (CLR)
covers the period of the World Bank Group’s
Country Partnership...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 136089Date: April 12, 2019
To what extent does immigration affect
the economic institutions in destination countries? While
there is much evidence that economic institutions in
developed nations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8817Date: April 11, 2019Author:
Nowrasteh,Alex ;
Forrester,Andrew C. ;
Blondin,Cole
The Arab Republic of Egypt is yet to
meet its exports potential, which has been historically
hampered by several domestic market distortions and multiple
barriers, resulting...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8809Date: April 9, 2019Author:
Youssef,Hoda ;
Zaki,Chahir
The International Development
Association (IDA) Regional Window Program was developed as a
funding mechanism to provide additional financing resources
to co‐finance...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 135549Date: April 9, 2019
The Republic of North Macedonia (North
Macedonia) is an upper middle-income country which is small
and land-locked. The World Bank Group’s (WBG)
Country Partnership...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 136090Date: April 8, 2019
The World Bank (WB) authorized Hydro
Nova, SRL, by contract dated March 30, 2018, to proceed with
the preparation of a Water Resources Management Study for
Arbaat and...
The prime objective of this task is to
identify, assess and benchmark suitable storage solutions
for frequency support, which would facilitate the deployment
of variable...
Type: ReportReport#: 150791Date: April 5, 2019Author:
Chown, Graeme
World Bank economists expect economic
growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to
continue at a modest pace of about 1.5 to 3.5 percent during
2019-2021, with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135625Date: April 5, 2019Author:
Arezki,Rabah ;
Lederman,Daniel ;
Abou Harb,Amani ;
Fan,Yuting ;
Nguyen,Ha Minh ;
Mottaghi,Lili ;
Wood,Christina A.
Estimates of total factor productivity
growth, a measure of increases in the efficiency of
production, have traditionally been based on a two-factor
model of labor and...
Type: ReportReport#: 135895Date: April 5, 2019Author:
Hamilton,Kirk E. ;
Naikal,Esther G. ;
Lange,Glenn-Marie
With slowing global growth and
increasing uncertainty clouding the global economic
prospects,the Europe and Central Asia region faces a more
challenging context than...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135841Date: April 5, 2019
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